Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 29, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 232 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., STRIKE INTEREST GENTERS INBETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT ' Walkout of About 35,000 Employes Has Been Ordered For This Merning—Both Capital and Labor Are Making Plans For the Second Week of the Strike—Sunday Mass Meetings Were Held In Allegheny County Without Dis- order—Samuel Gompers Predicts a Victory For the Strik- ers—Believes Steel Struggle Will Be Discussed at the In- dustrial Conference. With both sides determined to break the apparent deadiock in the steel strike which developed at the close of the first week, attention today is fo- cussed on strategic points long the industrial battie froni. particularly in tize Pennsylvania sector. where a walkout of approximately 000 em- pioyes of the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany has been ordered for this morn- ing. Foth capital and labor utilized the Sabbath in laving pians for the second week, which is expected by many leaders to produce a greater test of strength than the first. Employers of Jabor are marshalling their forces for a determined effort to reopen many mills and to increase the output of those which weathered the initial walkout. Directors of the strike, on the other hand. are making every ef- fort to rally more workers to their col- ors and to effect a virtual paralysis of the industry Yesterday passed quietly in the steel centers. In Allegheny County mass meetings called by union orzanizers were held without disorder under su- pervision of the sheriff. Although no atmosphere of expec- tancy was noticeable in districts af- fected by the strike. yesterday brought no material developmen leaders on both sides apparently ¢ # | tenting themselves with marking tiie in preparation for today's offensive and counter-offemsive. Samuel Gom- pers. president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, who left New York last night for Washington. predicted wvictory for the strikers and that the strugsie would probably be discussed at the industrial conference to be opened in the national capital October [ Twenty-two ore carriers were an- chored in the Detroit river last night because of congestion of lower lake ports caused by closing of steel mills. SUNDAY PASSED QUIETLY IN PITTSBURGH DISTRICT Pittsburgh. Pa. Sept 28.—Sunday ; passed quietiy in the steel strike znno' of the Pittsburgh district. Mass meet- | ings. called by union organizers. were | held in halls in several plants of Al-| legheny county under the supervision of the sherff and the authorities had ! no trouble in handling them. crowds sathered and dispersed with- ot disorder. Steel companies expect that tomor- row will show a radical change in their favor. Operatinz officia » ! believed many will strike tomorrow, no { men being out. | Steel ployes in the various controversies before me in which he participated he impressed me being particularly in- | telligent, honorable, moderate, tactful and fair. His manner of presentation and his occasional apt literary refer- ences led me to inguire of others as to his early advantages, and 1 learn- ed with some wonder that they were absolutely nil, and ofi the contrary all the very reverse of advantages. If in his earlier wanderings he imbibed for a time fantastic, extreme and destruc- tive social id I am sure there was nothing developed in the na >y con- ferences and hearings in _which he participated which would indicate that he still harbored them.” Mass Meeting Orderly. Interesting developments were ex- | pected today at a mass meeting near Clairton but it passed off quietly. Tt was reported fhat strikers in defiance) of the sheriff’s proclamation \\‘ouldl hold an door meeting. If such was their intention it was abandoned. They obtained permission from a school board and held the meeting in a school house at rge, near Clairton. Dep- uty sheriffS were on duty and when the place was filled late comers began to_crowd around the school but they lquictiy dispersed when the deputies informed them that crowds could not her under the sheriff's proclama- i tion. request of the sheriff's deputies the English language was used at the meeting. Organizers urged the strikers to stand firm and _warned them not to violate the sherifl’s proc- lamation. There the school shot in_the was a little excitement near house when a striker was head but mnot seriously wounded. One of three men did the !shooting and after an investigation i the authorities were not sure that it had any connection with the strike. BETHLEHEM STEEL PLANT IS PREPARED FOR STRIKE Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 28.—Official of the Bethlehem Steel company’s Steelton plant declared tonight that they were prepared for a strike. Men j employed by the compuny held meet- ings during the day and while it is estimates are made. General Manager said that there wouid be work for all who apply tomorrow and that the works would run as long as posible. If it is found that departments cannot be onerated economically because of they will be shut down. Emploves of the Central Iron and . A. Robbins, Jr.. corporations have bene ben their efforts toward makinz a good | showing when the plants in this ci resume operations for the wee Assurance that they would be prn-‘\ tected. the company officials say, will| lead thousands of men who quit a| week ago to venture Iy'k the mills. | Teaders at Sirike headquarters ex- pressed confidence that there will be| no breaks in the ranks of the union| men. They say they don't look for t return of manv men and that the number going back will be more than counterbalanced hy those who will in the walkout Speaking of the situation outside of burgh trict today. ecre - lliam Z. Foster. of the steel national committee, said the jon expects “every man in the steel plants of the Bethlehem company. which the strike becomes ef- row mor: wil gt Foster spond 0 Secretary arive agai also said t the Jones and Laughlin city, the largest in- of the Pittsburgh| plants is hearing fruit and that the full| effect will be felt tomorrow. dependent field, House to House Canvass. Many organizers and strikers spent Sunday in making personal house-to- house canvasses in mill towns to in- duce wavering men to loin the strike. Reports that the strike was ‘“‘wan- ing” were vigorously denied at union headguarters. Telegrams were exhib- ited from a number of orgarizers asi ing that thousands of the red. whi and blue union cards be hurried them. “We are much stronger tos than the first day-of the strike.” said. The organizer from the Sharon-Far- rell district reported that the men were “holding solid” there., despite contrary reports from company sources that strikers were gradually returning. He said that the employes of the Sharon Steel Hoop Company, at a meeting Jast night. voted not to re- turn to work Monday. The south works of the Carnegie Company at Farreil. which has been reporied to be operating. is only “running the ma- chinery and not producing.” the or- ganizer said. The strikers in that sec- tion, he added, are holding y meetings over the Ohio state line without interference. Corps of Best Organizers. C. J. Bovle, gemeral organizer of the International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, arrived at headquar- ters today and said a corps of twenty of the brotherhood’s best organizers was being sent into the district to and the steel workers. J. G. Brown. who was one of the Jeaders in the Seattle strike. and has been in this field for some time aiding in the organizing of steel workers, is investigating all arrests of strikers by state and local police. He said today that more than 150 union men are now Jocked up in jails in Allegheny county. Following up the vote of confidence given Secretary Foster vesterday by the natiomal steel workers' committee, wmjon headquarters today gave out a letter said to have been written by Judge Samuel Alschuler. of the Unit- o4 States circult court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit, bearing on Mr. Foster's alleged radicalism. The let- ter is dated Chicago. March 28, 1819, and is in reply to one written by John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the strikers’ pational committee. In it the judge he ! his employer and free irom control or | iable attempt to disrupt on a national works today voted not to strike. | CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURERS APPROVE JUDGE GARY’'S ACTION Hartford, Sept. 28.—The following telegram was sent Saturday by the Manuiacturers’ Associat.on of = Con- iecticut to Judge Gary: cation to Monday morning papers: “Judge E. H. Gary, Pres, U. 8. Steel Corp., 71 Broadway, N. Y. City: In you determination to maintain the principle and practice of the open shop in the plants of the U. S. Steel Corporation the Board of Directors! and fxecStive Committee of the Man- ufacturers’ Association of Connecticut nsider that you are rendering an in- valuable serv to the industries of this country and beg leave o expres.: their appreciation of your firm stand for the right of tne American work- man to engage in production on terms mutually satisfactory to himself and i i | dictation of any third party. We be- | lieve furthermore that once these | fundamental principles are better un- | derstood and accepted by all the ul- timate outcome of the present unjusti- ale the production of steel will be |a better understanding of the moral obligations resting upon both em- ployer and employe in their rélations | to one another and to the public. | . KENT HUBBAD, President The Manufacturers Association of = Ine” Conn MARCH OF STEUBENVILLE STRIKERS ABANDONED Steubenville, Ohio, Sept. 28. — The proposed march of Steubenville strik- | ers to Weirton, Wr. Va., tomorrow | morning in an effort to induce steel workrs to join the strike has appar- ently been abandoned. The only men- tion of the talked-of march at a mass meeting of strikers here today was by Joseph Cannon, Denver, Colo., who said that it would not be neces- BEEN RETURNED TO OWNERS Rotterdam, Saturday, Sept. 27.—All the Dutch shipping, aggregating ap- proximately a half million tons, which was requisitioned by the Unitel States in March, 1918, has now either | been returned to the Dutch owners or | is in process of return. The mis- sion composed of American naval and army officers which has arranged ! for the turning back of 34 such ships, totalling 369,652 deadweight tons, is closing up its work and preparing to close its officers here on October 1. It is stated in Dutch circles thatj while Dutch sentiment has never ! completely recovered from the shock of the seizure, the owners are well satisfied with the Amerlcan terms. VETERANS DECORATE GRAVE OF THEODORE ROCSEVELT Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 28.—Half a states that his acguaintance with Mr. ¥Foster began in February, 1918 in} connection with the hearing of arbi- tration cases in certain of the packing House industries. The letter further peays: s . representation of the hundred war veterans, members of the American Legion from New York, dec- orated the grave of Theodore Roose- velt here tday. Afterwards Mrs. Roosevelt invited them to Sagamore Hill and showed them through the house »nd about the grounds. £ {las County's j the mob. { flicting, it | first { those ' Courthouse, Gmana Reoulted From Lynching of gro—One Man Was Kill- ed and Two Seriously Wounded. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 28.—This city to- night experienced the most serious riots in its history, resulting from the attempt of a mob to lynch a negro, ‘Killiam Brown, charged with an as- sault a_few days ago on a white girl, Agnes Lobeck. Early tonight one man had heen killed and two seriously wounded dur- ing exchange of shots with the po- lice; the dives of a hundred or more prisoners in the county jail were se- riously threatened by fire and Doug- fine new courthouse, valued at a million and a half dollars as threatened with entire destruc: tion. During the rioting a large number of negroes were badly beaten on the streets, some of them dangerously in- jured. Chief of Police Eberstein was himself subjected to physical violence and narrowly escaped personal injury when members of the force charged the crowd and led him to safety. Thousands of persons congregated in the downtown districts, some of them cut of curiosity, but great numbers showing decided sympathy for the would-be lynchers. Fire hose run to the blazing struc- ture were cut with impunity and not one was permitted to remain intact. The police at the mercy of the mob, which had broken into the gun and ammunition and supplied themselves with es and weapons. One explo- of“dynamite was heard at the courthouse during the progress of the fire. The interior of the biz building be- came a mass of flames by 10 o'clock, and forced by the heat, a large part of the mob moved back from the build- ing on the north side. They gather- ed again. however. on the south side where the heat had not become so in- tense. At this time a Barbara Freitchie an- peared at a_window of the building in the person of an aged woman. who wildly flunz an American flag to the wind and appeal- ed to the mob to desist. There were mingled cheers and hoots from rioters. who yelled for the nrisoner whom they sought to lynch. The wo- man's act had the effect. however, giving the firemen an opportunity to run an extension ladder to the fourth floor, from which it w hoped to take the sheriff and his deputies and his prisoners, who were about to become victims of the flames. HANGED NEGRO WAS TO AN ELECTRIC POLE Omaha. Neb. Sept. 28. — William Brown. colored, alleged to have as- saulted a white girl, was dragged from the county jail at 11 o'clock tonizht and hanged to an electric pole, follow- | ing a struggle of nine hours by an immense mob to wrest him from the sheriff. Sheriff Michael Clark and dep- uties held thé fort in the top story of | the | until | the court house, where is located jail. with a hundred prisoners, the building hecame a seething mass of flames, and he was forced to sub- mit. After the lynching. the firemen were for the first time able to get m on the flames. At the same t ddi- tional extension ladders were sent to the third and fourth floors where| many f the occupants were standing on window ledges on the one side of the building that had not been touch- ed by the flames. At a late hour a s ne tonight it was dis- covered thaat an abortive attempt had heen made to “lynch” Mayor Ed e Although reports are is known that a thrown around his neck. cnt it off before the mob could accom- | plish its purpose. The mavor was carried out uncon- scious by a squad of police office friends and he wa ried to fice of a surzeon removed to a hes was still unconselous. The lvnchinz followed an afternoon and eveninz filled with moh strations seldom recorded. When rumblings of a nossible to lynch Brown were heard durinz the forenoon. Sheriff Clark called in all his regular deputies and swore in a number of others. The first act that indicated the mob was in earnest was a parade up Harney street by about fifty men who detrained from street cars a few blocks from the courthouse. They tore up Harney street at quick and were at the sheriff’s head- quarters before he realized what had happened. Appeals were made to the police station for help and a few uniformed the of- He wa ight he men were hurried to the place. In the meantime the central station tele- | phoned every man on the force and on the south once. Being Sundav could not be found. side to report at ., many of the men The resulf was that several thousand persans had ga- | thered on the south side of the court I nouse before the police could arrive in any considerable number. his presence, holding a revolver at the head of her escort in the meantime. Later Brown was arrested by police officers and taken to the city jail where both Miss Lobeck and her es- cort identified him as the man who committed the deed. Later it was stated that Brown had made a confes- on of his crime, He wa taken to he county jail, which was considered a safe place for his confinement. To- night's lynchins followed. PERMISSSION TO USE TROOPS FROM FORTS Lincoln b, SCept. 28.—Permis- sion to use the troops at Fort Omaha and Crook to order in jOmaha, whero rioting broke out to- | nizht, has been secured, according to announcemen; made by Chief of Po- lice Johnstonc here tonight. Word to this efect had been re- ceived. the chief said, by state officials here following a request made to Secreiary of War Bakers for authori- ty to employ the troops in handling the disturbance. A cheeky girl with painted cheeks FANAES mt et and firemen were entirely! at the north end| the i of | r.| con- | rope was | A policeman | and | demon- | the | attempt | double! ary and that all the Weirton plants Tt f i hibiting wage increases after Oct. 1, | would be “dpwn in the morning,” the ! gyoi peesge I math WhCh Aliam | according to labor leaders. A, Ve out (oniAnelr o et | Ahes| Bobeck Sy o Gie paei WA | iy Gleck et Baraliir. L a s | Secretary Frank Wilson, of the Steu- |5 facoft: crippled bevond the peint)aircraft with two 400-horsepower | benville district, who had favored the! cgailant o few hlocks from home in | l4Derty motors, completed the first | march, admitted that it would ot be | e tryncner Bart ok O ™ T | non-stop flight” solely by compass | made. held the conpls wo at the point of ia | rom Cleveiand to T e 1 revolver. ~After Tobbing the Youns | mwey cociica g B A wiages DUTCH SHIPPING HAS T e TN e o ounE | was covered in 3 hours 30 minutes. jman suffrage amendment failed, Surface cars in Baltimore will raise fares to 6% cents from Oct. 1. Sinclair Consolidatel Oil Corpora- * tion chartered with active capital of $27,500,000. i ‘Bar ;ilver was quoted at 633 pence | i an ouice in London New Yors price was $1.19%. Japanese steamer Yoten Maru, from Kobe Sept. $ for New York, grounded | off Murorran. Plans for development of the United | Retail Candy Stores, Inc., are pro- gressing steadily. Spanish troops, reported are, trying to capture the bandit aisuli in the interior of Morocco. State troopers arrested three armed ! men aifer an exchange of shots in the| woods near Clairton, Pa. Red Cross Line steamship Rosalind | was still fast aground en route from! John’s N. F. to New York The Prince of Wales will tawa for the United States it was officially announced Sadi broke | French speed record by flving at the| Aviator Lecointe rate of 1641 miles an hour. United States Grain purchased this week 578 728 of wheat flour of all grades. Corporation barreis Naval machinists sent demands to Secretary Daniels asking -: | hour week and increased United State: ing to $400,000 the Sub-Treasury China. gold coin amount- was withdrawn from for shipment 10] Adelina Patti, died Saturday Cra’g-y-Nos Wales. 77, the prima donna,| morning in her home, Castle, Penycae, Soutn; | Finance Committee of tR: ‘Board of | Estimate agreed on a wage increa. amounting to $917,000 for police and firemen. Governor Smith of New York, ap- pointed @ commitiee of New York fi- nanciers to draft a law against bog- us secruities Senator Knox, in a resolution, ask- ed Secretary Daniels (o report wheti- er American marines were landed Trau, Dalmatia. National Ginners association -placed condition’ of cotton at 54, against 615 made by the last report of tne Department of Agriculture. John S. Washburn, president of thc Washburn-Crosby Flour Mils Ce., of Minneapolis, died at Livermore Falls, Me. * He was-61 vears old. i ! | i | Anti-Suffragists, who sought to re- verse the vote of the Massachusetis Legislature, which Patified the wo- The First National Bank at Holl-| i sopple, Pa., Somerset county W robbed of liberty bonds and ~ other valuables to the extent of $10,000. Plans are reported under consider- ation at the Navy Department for a, seaplane flight from San Diego, Cal.| to teh Philippine Islands this winter. Post Gffice Inspector Fran: arrested Louis Soricelli, of New in the Hudson Terminal Post on a charge of tampering with mail. Brady York, Office the Secretary Daniels paid a tribute to { Admiral Lenson, who retired irom active service with the navy for his| | services in the war as Chief of Naval| Operations. A new cutective alliance was form- ed among the surely companies,' stock exchange firms and bansing in- tere: to sateguard New York's fin-| ancial distriet. Representative Fordney declared America’s greatest dye competitors | were Japan and China. He also said ) the industry must be protected from cheaop Oriental labor. Owing to the high rate of exchang lon New York, the Ottawa Post O | fice Department announced that no further postal notes would be sold for remittance to the United States. It was announced that the American | Sugar & Refining Co., intend to build another plant in Brooklyn eual in ca- | pacity to the plant aiready owned. | there, which is the largest in the count Sale of tne Palisade & Eureka Rail- road. $7 miles long by Mrs. White- aw Reid and Ogcen Mill New York to Eugene Da of York }and Eureka for an- nounced. of New was Secretary Daniels cabled Admiral Knapp at London. in charge of the American naval forces, asking him for full information on the Fiume in- {cident and reports of American ma- | landing there. | rines A strike of 200,000 shipyard workers ang the Atiantic Coast is certain un- less the Navy Department and Ship- | ping Board revoke the order pro- | NEW YORK PRINTERS FAILED TO TAKE VOTE ON STRIKE New York, Sept. 28.—Ailthough no vote was Laken 0 the question of a strike in commercial printing plants| here to begin October 1, resolutions| were adopted today by the New York “ypographical Union, Number 6—the Big Six'—pledging ~support to the | fight for a 44 hour week, one of lhe- chief demands to be made in the pro- posed strike. The meeting proved a turbulent one, | but resulted in the union pledging con- fidence in its officers. A committee on publicity was appointed to dissemin-, ate information through all the print- ing unions in the interest of the “Big Six.” d AMERICAN BANKER SHOOTS A YOUNG WOMAN IN PARIS Paris, Sept. 28.—Ernest Ladd. known here as an American banker, shot at a young -woman with whom he was having dinner last evening and then turned the gun upon himsel: dying instantly. The young woman was not seriously wmed 1is read it is probable the miners w tions. The leading operators continued to insist that tre 80 per cent. increase sought would double tke cost of soft rqxl and that not enough could hej mined on a six-hovr’day and five-day | w‘pok basis to provide a normal sun-’ i Py b | { than that of the coal miner. |GOMPERS PREDICTS VICTORY R e T SR Cperators to Reply To Soft Coal Miners Miners Have Made Demands For $8 Per Day, a Six Hour Day and a Five Day Week. Buffalo, N. Y. Sept. 28.—The sogt coal operators of the central competi- tive field will submit at tomorrow'’s session of the joint conference of op- erators and miners their reply to the demands of the miners for a 60 per cent. increase in pay, a six-hour day and a five-day week. = After the reply ask for an adjournment to consider it. « The operators completed the drafting | of the document today. but ro inkling of its contents was known outside | their circle. Iollowing the procedure of previous conferences, the miners ! naturally would expect counter-pro- posals, but there were intimations to- day that the operators might take the | stand that the demands of the men ! are so extraordinary that it would be | impossible to grant them and continue the operation of the mines, and that their reply tomorrow merely would | state reisons why they must be re- ! jected. taus leaving it to the miners to restate heir original demands or to | modify them if they saw fit None of the operators would admit today that the reply would be a flat rejection of the scale proposed by the | United Mine Workers' convention. All that was known ahout the document was that it was brief and that it would not close the door to further nezotia- | i | | | Acting President 1 ewis of the United Mine Workers replied tonight to a satement issued by the National Coal association at Washington to the e fect that the miners propose to break their wartime agreement by a strike en Nov. 1 and to take advantage of a coal shortage to hold up the public for $1 000,000.000. He contended that the wartime agreement was open to a different Terpretation than that nlaced on it by the National (‘oal association and that the m'ners had shown great patience in waiting for a vear after the ing of the armistice to seek an on the wage question, “The statement that the advance in waces we ask for would mean that the public must pay ah addifional hillion dollars a vear for the same amount of coal corsumed in pre vears Is a prenostern exaTzeration.” Tewls said. “With reform in methods of als- tribution nad curtailment of excess profits by the operators. only a small percentage of the wagze increase should i en- | issue show in the added cost a ton to the conenmer > “The avernge wage of the miner is $% a dav. We are asking for approxt- mately 8% a dav. which is the rate 1n | many indvsiries far less hazardous | FOR THE STEEL WORKERS New York, Sept. the striking dicted tonight Victory for steel workers was pre e by Samu Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who on the eve of his de- parture for Washington, asserted tc night that the strike “in all prok bility” would he discussed at Pre {dent Wilson's industrial conferenc begin in Washington on October & “Thee steel worke will win bec:aus cause is ust,” said Mr. Gompers. He contended that pubiic opinion leans toward the strikers in their fight for ccllective bargaining, and said that important developments in the steel, situation are looked for in Washing ton this week. The lowering of labor standards would “precipitate a calam- ity” he added. The labor chieftain attitude taken by Judge Gary man of the board-of directors United States Steel orporation, characterized the charges that their cause is just.,” said Gompers and alienism as false. Asserting that he had personal regard for Judge said “the time has passed corporation can regard as_wards.” Defending John Fitzpatrick, man of the strikers” national mittee, and William Z. Foster, tary of the steel workers from charger of radicalism, “You have not heard of them mak- ing revolutionary speeches, in this strike was inspired by radicalism had renounced radical theories years ago. Judge Gary's refusal to meet the two men, on the ground that they dil not represent a maority of the em- ployes on strike, was censured by Mr. Gompers, who said that Judze Gary would have been in a betier position to know if Fitzpatrick and o deied the chair- of the and the He the highest Gary, he when a its employes chair- com- secro- union he said: Foster represented the men hed he conferred with them. RUMANIAN TROOPS SEIZE GERMAN BIPLANE AND MONEY Geneva, Saturday, Sept. 27.—Ru- manian troops have seized a hig Ger- man biplane carrying 300,000,000 pa- per roubles and a miniature, but complete, printing pr at Hotin, Bessarabia, according to the Ru-| manian bureau at Berne. The b plane, which was enroute to Mosco was forced to land at Hotin because of a leak in the gasoline tank. It was manned by four German officers who are said to. have resented their arrest. The roubles were all said ‘o have been new notes. ITALIAN DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE IN PREMIER} Rome, Sept. 28.—(By The A. P.)— Premier Nitti was given a vote of which continued in session last night.| confidence by the chamber of deputies, '35" government received 208 votes te The assembly was extremely tu- multuous. There were personal en- counters between several of the dep-| uties OBITUARY. Philip Wells. New Milford, Conn., Sept. 28.—FPhi Wels, for 14 vears editor of the New | Milford Gazette, died today after a short illness of pneumonia. He was 60 years old and before coming here was with newspapers in Milwaukee. Mr. Weils was born in Litchfield and was widley known as an authority on the wild flowers of Connecticut. .Judge Donald T. Warner of the superior court is his brother-in-law. “ CONDITION OF PRESIDENT WILSON MORE FAVORABLE Upon His Asrival In Washington the President Walked Through the Railway Station to a Waiting Automobile— Later He Took a Two Hour Motor Ride—Dr. Grayson In- sists That His Patient Take a Real Vacation—All Engage- ments For the Near Future Have Bzen Cancelled, Washington, Sept. 28.—President| Ail of Mr. Wilson's engagements for Wilson returned to Washington to-|the near fuiure have been cancelled, day, to all outward appearances on|and his physician will insist upon a the road to recovery from the nerv-|real vi ion, No definite decision ous exhaustion which interrupted his|has been reached whether ')u) will re- peakipg trip for the peace treaty. main in seclusion at White House 20 to some res ort, but indi- Leqving hid bed. victually® ‘for (the |0l (80, Lo' 80mMe 'FeRt "ESSOFE, SUE R first time since h special train | cations tonight were that “l Ip'ro)‘ started homeward Friday from Wichi- 4“":;“‘“}"}“" CE i LR i ta, Kansas, the pr dent walked un- Ihr ’” :‘1‘:“"“”‘ special SeRCheN supported and srailing through the (5" \‘_Il“‘:“m A TR o railway station to a waiting auto- o AR U el 4 mobile and later in the day took a o iy e b oot two-heur motor ride through Rock Miss Ma TS e Dhos ("l")"" (‘f“"‘ i o ident’s daugh Outside the station r. Gra the president’s per-|pe encountered the last of the many ATl sald bis patients| crowds that greeted him on “his :3- condition W 1S 300C could belafrernoon r.de was prescribed Lo give expected. though R . pe d of rest lked through the station concours: from official cares would be absolute- IRing Aire SVidion and Miss Maf- v ‘essential Lo complete recovery. Thelguret into the the pres- ys tond, .and _he w cheered as be|jgent climbed unassisted Wilson some fresh air after two| huring th ternoon ride he was ac- .Imd a half (xllue“n(_ continuous con- | companied by Mrs \\-,1;(,..[ \nd Dr. inement on the in. vho had shared the task of Although he walked with an a<- for the president duing hts gre: ve swing, the president was lecl- ihoard the in - ing some weaknes Gray: n said, The only formal expression from Dr from a bad night’ wh his | Grayson during day was a bulle special tra eastw To issued just befor the rain arriv night he after dinin in Washington It said: 1 4 with White House “Phe president had a poor night's and was hopeful of a|frest but he is doing as well as qo\)hl refreshing dleep. be expected in the circumstances, RAILWAY SYSTEM OF GREAT PEACE TREATY COMES BRITAIN IS AT STANDSTILL UP IN THE SENATE TODAY London, Sept. ¢ The A. P. Washington, Sept. 28.—The German The railway system of whole| peace treaty and the steel strike re- country, with the exception of Ire-| main the leading affairs of congress land, is almost at a complete standstil. | this week . The great London terminals are de- ¥ spects of a vote hefore next Sat serted and the gate osed, a few po-| urday on the amendments to the | licemen proving « sufficient guard. | tr , proposed by Senator I%alls re- Noteworthy is the absence of any dis- | publican, of New Mexico nd prov d.r order: the completeness of the tieup| ing for elimination of virtually all Seems to have rendered picketing| American representation on interna- needless, and the common source of| tional commiss together with friction. therefore, is lacking. More-| President Wilson's raturn to the cap- over. the strike leaders have been con- | itol is expected to bring to a head the stant] impressing the men with the vital issues in the treaty rnn‘lest importance of keepinz order. Industrial unrest emphs :d by the There were informal conferences of | steel strike will share atiention in the the cabinet ministers today and nn-oh‘ senate with the peace treaty. Hear- ings of the executives of the National| Ings in the labor committee’s investi Union of Railwaymen and the railw v ion of 1tk steel strike will be re- bers. | The managers are en-|sumed Wednesday, when Chairman avoring to run skeleton service| Gary of the United States T"lno\ Cor- Whenever possible, with the - special| poration is to give capifal's side of Aim of meeting as far as possible the| the controversy. ' Later the committee Reeds of London's suburbs and near-| plans to hear Secretary William Z. by seaside and holiday resorts. For| Foster, of the strike committee, and this purpose a few men are still will-| other witnesses and it would not sur- ing to work, and volunteers from the e many observers if efforts to railway clerical stafis have been em- | bring about intervention by President ployed. Wilson would be made. James Henry Thomas, secretary of| While the senate is engaged with the wnion, declares firmly against wid-! the treaty and industrial. problem ening the issue, unless compelled to do| the house will continue comparatively So. and will only call a strike in Tre-| quiescent this week. engaged on mi- Jand and ask assistance of the Triple| nor bills. — With early arguments in Industrial Alliance if he finds that he! prospect on three bills—prohibition is unable to fight the 1 v ques-| enforcement, foor profiteering and re- tion unaided. storing pre-war tate making author- The offects of the railway stoppags! ity of the Interstate Commerce Com- have already been seen In motices is-| Mission—it is expected the reports sues at some places closing down the| Wil be adopted this week and the mines and other industrial establish-{ measures sent io the White House. ment Robert Smillie, the miners' leader,| CHARGED WITH SENDING speaking at Glasgow tonight, said that A “BLACK HAND" LETTER withing a few days 90 per cent, of the = miners would be idle, because all in-| Brockton, Mass., Sept. 28.—Miner W. dustries were so inter-linked. He was|Thompson, A R e R | desirous that there should bhe noled 1 last night charged with have ground given to the government for!ing sent a “Black Hand” letter teo using armed forces against the peo-|George E. Keith, a shoe manufactuc- ple. er, threatening him with déath unless he left $2,500 at a designated place SPLENDID RECEPTION FOR Mr. bkvllh l’i‘l(im\ d ‘Ihr‘ letter ()rn S‘T- em e paid no attention to CARDINAL MERGIER IN PHILA | ("l fior feceiving a threatening ERiRNeToR S Sell 2E-—Osromonics| A RRnoas eall thnrdaye later he niot replete with 4 lavish Qisplay of ma- | poljcermen sent to the spot men jestic splendor featured the reception!iioned in the letter reported that they in honor of His Eminence, ( dinal w Thompson lift a stone in the Mercier, primate of Belgium and arch- \\()uxh and examine a wallet under- bishop of Malines, today in the Ca-|ljeath in which t letter had directed thedral of Sts. Peter and Pdul. The|yp Keith to place the money. When exercises, which were the climax of|ihey questioned him Thompson said Philadelphia’s three day reception. in- | po had seen two men examine the clnded a colorful procession around|gione and had gone ihere out of cu- part of Logan Square and pontifical | pioxity. benediction of the Most Blessed Sac- A few days later Mr Keith was E T ingnACe e drat preatened again over the phone and Cardinal Mercier in a brief address |- hompson's rest follow He will said he was overwhelmed by the tre-|pe given a h ring tomorro, mendous ovations accorded him in this 5 —_— country, especially in this city. He also expressed his gratitude for the|STATE CONVENTION OF generosity of Americans toward the FRIENDS SOF IRISH FREEDOM downtrodden Belgians, and expressed — a fervent wish that the friendship be- w Haven, Conn., 28.—At the tween the two nations will continue for | State convention of the iends of all time. He aid America and Bel- | Ir'sh I'reedom heid here this after- sium are closely akin to each other be- [noon anl evening (wo resolutions cause both are liberty-loving lands, | were passed condemning the ¢ v of whose people are always ready to|the United States into the lLeasue of give their 1 in a righteous cause. Nati One was a simple declara- —_— tion ngainst the league which will be A MAN AND A YOUTH t to the United Stiates senalors SHOT IN NEW BRITAIN |[rom this The second was & e ! lengthy arra nt of the league as a New Britain, Conn.. Sept. 28.—Two | Eritish plot secure for England persons of this city are in the general | WOrld domination and was composed hospita] in a critical condition as the | °f fourteen objectons covering in th result of | being shot today. Jameg|MAain points in' President Wilson's | Rocco, 24 years old. was taken to s j OFiginalsfourtoon - institution with a bullet wound in ”""MEETING CALLED OF BOSTON back which ke says w: today while he was w Berlin. s infiicted early iking home from He is not able to give full de= CENTRAL LABOR UNION tails of hiy movements Saturday, but Iloston, Sept. 28. -The sub-cimmit. says that he w to Berlin at the|lee of the commitive of seventeen of suggestion of a man who asked him to | the Boston Central Labor Union has meet another. He, thus far, has failed ; been led o m tomorrow after to name either. On his way home he | Noon consider various phases of claims to have been shaot, but by whom | the policemen’s strike and possible he does not know. further action of organized labor In Robert Hopkins, 14 years old. is the | this connection second victim of shooting. He was esident John F. McInnes, of the wounded this evening by Tony Cher- | emen’s union and President Mit- nauski, 8 years old, while the two were J. Higgins. of the Boston car- playing with a pistol which Chernau- | men's union, have been requested (o ski'did not know was loaded attend the meeting. ks oy A contribution of $300 toward the LEDEN, NORWEGIAN EXPLORER, |[strike fund of tae o . ARRIVES AT ST. JOHNS, N, F.|made today by the theatrical stagc G employes union. St. Johns, N. F.. Sept. 28—Christian | . The nincteen m park po- Leden, the Norwesgian explorer, chief |l ¢emen wio were discharged r of the Arctic expedition on the Ameri- | 4t ing been found gu can yacht Finback. which was wrecked | OPdience of orders. for refusing in Hudson bay last August, arrived | Perform riot duty on September here Friday with the other members of |2r¢ Lo have a new triul on () v the party. The Finback sailed from announced today Ly the coun New York in July. carrying a large cargo of beads, tools, knives and toflet | articles for trade with the Esquimaux.| FAVOR RETENTION OF GRAND On Aug. 20 she struck a reef off Cape DUCHESS CHARLOTTE Fullerton and the crew in (wo hoats T proceeded to Chesterfield inlet. There| Luxembourg, Sept. ~The plebl- they hoarded the steamer Nasconie, [scite held today resulied in a maori- which brought them to this port. Mr. [ty in favor of the retention of Grand Leden said the vovage prior to the|Duchess Charlotte as ruler and for & wreck was without Incident. customs union with France.